Sheeeesh, cow did I ever survive those wretched 70's?? :=8/ Part old fashioned monster moovie, part then-popular disaster flick, "Bug" is a bungled, goofy flic which manages to avoid creating any kind of horror or tension. And it is a true 70's-fest, for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing. Yes, as you may already have gathered, the plot involves a swarm of mootant beetles which come to the surface following an earthquake, which then set about destroying a dusty little Cowifornian town by rubbing their little butts together to produce fires. Seriously. The bugs manage to burn down buildings, set wild fires, and ignite cars while people sit in them listening to Steely Dan and the Eagles(a fate they moost likely deserve...). The bugs are tough, armor-clad, and like to kill curious kitties. This makes the bugs far moore interesting then their 2 dimentional human cownterparts. Bradford Dillman("Escape from Planet of the Apes", "The Swarm", "Lords of the Deep"), Joanna Miles("The Ultimate Warrior", "Harvest Home", "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"), and Alan Fudge("Galaxis", "Airport '75", many 70's tv shows) lead a non-cast of yawn-inducing b-actors trying to look cowcerned that the little critters are setting fire to the universe. Frenchy director Jeannot Szwarc worked in a ton of 70's tv shows, including "Columbo", "Kojak", "The Rockford Files", and "The Six Million Dollar Man". He also directed such bad 70's non-hits as "Jaws 2", "Supergirl: The Movie", and "Santa Claus: The Movie". Cowever, proving that even a blind hog will find an ear of corn every now and then, Szwarc also made "Somewhere in Time", the MooCow's favorite time-travel moovie: go figure. "Bug" was William Castle's swan song, after producing many, many schlock films of the 50's & 60's, including "The Tinger", "The House on Haunted Hill", and "13 Ghosts", as well as directing a whole slew of 40's B pictures. For those of you who simply moost immerse yerselves in everything that was 70's(and u know who you are, you freaks...), "Bug" is a cornucopia of cheesy 70's moosic, clothing, hair, and pop-culture. The MooCow says that the moore discriminating viewer might just want to send this silly stinker to the roach motel. :=8P
